First Love (Hikaru Utada song)

"First Love"
12cm single cover
Single by Hikaru Utada
from the album First Love
LanguageJapanese, English
ReleasedApril 28, 1999 (1999-04-28)
Recorded1998
Genre
Length4:18
LabelToshiba-EMI
Songwriter(s)Hikaru Utada
Producer(s)Akira Miyake
Utada Sking Teruzane
Hikaru Utada singles chronology
"Movin' on Without You"
(1999)
"First Love"
(1999)
"Addicted to You"
(1999)
Music video
"First Love" on YouTube

"First Love" is a song by the Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released on April 28, 1999, as the third Japanese language single from her second studio album, First Love, which was issued a month previously. It was certified double platinum for 800,000 copies shipped to stores in Japan.[1]

In a 2009 survey by Oricon, asking respondents what song they wanted to hear with a broken heart, "First Love" was voted in the top 10.[2] "First Love" was performed during Utada's 2010 tour, Utada: In the Flesh 2010. It was also performed during Utada's two-date concert series Wild Life in December 2010.[3] The song and "Hatsukoi" from her 2018 studio album of the same name inspired the 2022 Netflix series First Love.[4] In December 9, 2022, "First Love" was remixed alongside "Hatsukoi" in Dolby Atmos.[5]

  1. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年5月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 476. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 9. July 10, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  2. ^ 失恋した時に聴きたい曲、男性はミスチル 女性はプリプリ. Oricon (in Japanese). March 11, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "宇多田ヒカル一時休止前ラスト公演で感涙&Ust新記録樹立" (in Japanese). Natalie. December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "満島ひかり×佐藤健の"10代の頃"を八木莉可子×木戸大聖が演じる『First Love 初恋』" (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "宇多田ヒカル、デビュー記念日に「First Love」「初恋」のドルビーアトモス版&7inchアナログリリース" [Hikaru Utada to Release Dolby Atmos & Vinyl Version of "First Love" and "Hatsukoi" on Debut Anniversary]. 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved December 9, 2022.